'Gay panic' bill to be introduced in Qld

The so-called gay panic defence would be scrapped in Queensland in other than "exceptional circumstances" under a bill to be introduced by Attorney-General Yvette D'Ath.

The partial defence to murder allows defendants to argue for a reduction in their criminal responsibility to manslaughter by claiming an unwanted homosexual advance provoked violence.

It has been struck off the books in every other state besides Queensland and South Australia, some as early as 2003.

"This is another important step to send a clear message that the criminal code should not condone violence against the LGBTI community," Ms D'Ath said on Wednesday.

Labor's plan follow an expert committee's recommendation from late 2011 to abolish the defence of unwanted sexual advance "other than a circumstance of exceptional character".

"That is for the courts to decide on the facts and the circumstances put before the court in a particular case," Ms D'Ath said.

"But it does send a very clear message that this defence cannot be used other than in exceptional circumstances and that is a very high threshold that has to be met before that defence can be used to reduce it from murder to manslaughter."

"We're minded to support them, but we need to see the details first," he said.

The LNP specifically ruled out making any change to the law during the Newman government's term, but Mr Nicholls said they were concentrating instead on protecting Queenslanders from the "real and present" threats at the time, such as bikie gangs.